{"id":23137,"date":"2026-03-09T06:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23137"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:21:21","slug":"source-eric-wilson-stays-with-vikings-on-3-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23137","title":{"rendered":"Source: Eric Wilson stays with Vikings on 3-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"33120ee2-e36f-649b-cbd3-2bf0e78fa9b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3056916\/eric-wilson\">Eric Wilson<\/a> is staying with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-vikings\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, as the sides agreed to a three-year, $22.5 million contract Sunday ahead of NFL free agency, according to NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes $12.5 million fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline float-r inline-track\">\n<h2 class=\"img-title\">What to know for the NFL offseason<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47899175\/2026-nfl-free-agency-tracker-live-updates-signings-trades-cuts-contracts-rumors\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking signings, cuts, trades, more<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47454831\/2026-nfl-offseason-guide-every-team-priorities-free-agents-draft-predictions\" target=\"_blank\">Every team&#8217;s offseason guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47872166\/nfl-offseason-priorities-2026-key-dates-storylines\" target=\"_blank\">Schedule<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48043945\/2026-nfl-free-agency-top-100-players-ranking-available-hendrickson-willis\" target=\"_blank\">Top free agents<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/46573669\/2026-nfl-draft-rankings-mel-kiper-big-board-top-prospects-players-positions\" target=\"_blank\">Best draft prospects<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48023453\/2026-nfl-offseason-trade-candidate-ranking-top-15-players-available\" target=\"_blank\">Top trade candidates<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47958363\/2026-nfl-offseason-ranking-positions-free-agency-draft-class-deep-thin\" target=\"_blank\">Deepest positions<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47878161\/2026-nfl-franchise-tag-transition-tracker-updates-cap-space-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\">Franchise tags<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46437226\/2025-nfl-coaching-changes-latest-news-rumors-firings-hires\" target=\"_blank\">Coach hirings<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/47444785\/2026-nfl-draft-order-first-round-top-32-picks-needs\" target=\"_blank\">Draft order<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Wilson, 31, had a career year in 2025 after returning to the Vikings, the team with which he had spent the first four years of his career. After signing him to a one-year deal worth $2.6 million, team officials penciled him for a significant special teams role. But he entered the starting lineup in Week 2 after <a data-player-guid=\"74a9d1aa-3d92-c6e8-0d49-d5ad07fa1deb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3728281\/blake-cashman\">Blake Cashman<\/a> suffered a hamstring injury and then displaced fellow inside linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"986cb205-5787-c5a0-3aa2-7cea0f3a19e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4430280\/ivan-pace-jr\">Ivan Pace Jr<\/a>. when Cashman returned four games later.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, Wilson proved an exceptional fit for defensive coordinator Brian Flores&#8217; blitz-heavy scheme. He set career highs in starts (16), sacks (6.5) and forced fumbles (four), and had the NFL&#8217;s third-best pressure rate (15.3%) after Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, he continued to contribute to special teams, where he took 144 snaps and accounted for five tackles and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson originally signed with the Vikings as an undrafted rookie in 2017. He also played for the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d1a9b001-1df7-fbd7-ae4c-6ca7065286ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-eagles\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"595690b3-2161-4913-a7a7-814af2fd2621\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-texans\">Houston Texans<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"06cd3bcf-7a86-53d4-28e7-aa049dd36261\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/gb\/green-bay-packers\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> after departing as a free agent. In nine NFL seasons, Wilson has started 55 games and recorded 515 tackles, 17.5 sacks and five interceptions.<\/p>\n<p><i>ESPN&#8217;s Kevin Seifert contributed to this report. <\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48149700\/source-eric-wilson-stays-vikings-3-year-deal\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linebacker Eric Wilson is staying with the Minnesota Vikings, as the sides agreed to a three-year, $22.5 million contract Sunday ahead of NFL free agency, according to NFL Network. The deal includes $12.5 million fully guaranteed. What to know for the NFL offseason \u2022 Tracking signings, cuts, trades, more\u2022 Every team&#8217;s offseason guide | Schedule\u2022 &#8230; <a title=\"Source: Eric Wilson stays with Vikings on 3-year deal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23137\" aria-label=\"Read more about Source: Eric Wilson stays with Vikings on 3-year deal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Eric-Wilson-stays-with-Vikings-on-3-year-deal.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23139,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23137\/revisions\/23139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}